"Tokyo was destroyed by a band of psychic teens and we rebuilt it as Neo
Tokyo. Neo Tokyo was then destroyed by a giant moth monster, which we
rebuilt as New Neo Tokyo. Then there was a small matter of a tentacle
invasion.... They tried to kidnap all of our young women." -- Professor
Satsu to the group, explaining the history of Super New Neo Tokyo

"What have you used to stop them before?" *pause* "Or are you telling
me that all the young women are gone?" -- Rieys to ?

"We couldn't find a power source, so it's actually just a large piece of
metal." -- Professor Satsu to ?, on Super New Neo Tokyo's Weapon of Mecha
Destruction

"It's probably invulnerable. They usually are." -- Erasmus to ?, on the
nature of unknown alien power sources

"Forgive me for asking actual tactical questions..." -- Oliver to ?

"No wonder he is angry! He does not have the proper tunic to show off
his manly scales." -- Lemont to ?, upon seeing Godzilla for the first
time

"(How mighty is Godzilla?) To put this in role-playing terms, if this
was Palladium Rifts, Godzilla would require Megadamage weapons to defeat
him." -- GM to ?

"If you want someone to pick up the (giant) robot and beat the monster
with it, I'm your man." -- Caw to ?

"Someone has to be the fall guy when this goes badly." -- Malcolm
"Are you volunteering?" -- Quentin

"Somewhere in Chaos, someone flushed a lizard." -- Chris Kindred to ?, on
the center of a Broken Pattern being an access to the Abyss

"Is there a way to destroy a Broken Pattern?" -- Tameetha
"Yes, you could kill one of your family members." -- Bleys
"Yay, I got one! Is there anything else?" -- Tameetha

"You want to avoid (taking the Pattern). You will be locked into wearing
the same two colors for all of eternity." -- Quentin to Lemont

"At the bottom of the well is an immense gothic castle." -- GM
"... with one spire damaged by three diving bells." -- Ian Ng, reconciling
the disastrous results of previous attempts to lower diving bells into the
Abyss

"Caw, make it so. Lemont, make it look good." -- Oliver, on going to the
Dark Well to rescue Tameetha
"That I can do." -- Lemont

"Now there there are eleven people in the diving bell." -- Sean McCabe,
on who's going on the rescue mission
"It's like a Volkswagen and some clowns." -- Ian Ng

"I'm a moody, bitter bastard of an Amberite. I've consented to sitting
in a giant robot. There is only so much I can take!" -- Oliver to ?, after
being asked to wear the Amberite Ranger Black costume

"Having been raised by Gérard, Oliver has seen Voltron, because
that's probably what he would find funny, so he knows that Blazing Sword is
what finishes the fight. So, he drops down to backstab Godzilla with the
Blazing Sword now. Haven't you waited your entire Amber playing career to
do that?" -- Oliver
"I will fire my emasculated defensive missiles." -- Rieys
"I will do whatever (Oliver) tells me to do." -- Malcolm

"It's too bad you can't pick (the monorail train) up and beat (Godzilla)
with it." -- Sean McCabe to ?, after they crash into a monorail
"I just had this terrible image of monorail nunchucks." -- Leslie
Lightfoot

"Caw looks mainly unimpressed." -- Caw to GM, as Brand explains his grand
plan to escape the Abyss
"Mostly because he didn't understand what any of that meant." -- Chris
Kindred

"I have a fashioned a way out of the Abyss." -- Brand
"No, fashion does not enter into this." -- Lemont

"Caw wraps a Japanese scientist around some explosives and throws them up
at Ghidora." -- Sean McCabe to GM

"The orphanage is destroyed, and right behind it is an oil refinery that
hasn't been touched yet." -- GM to the group

"Lemont sidesteps the attack with grace and elegance." -- Lemont
"Unfortunately, he isn't able to sidestep very gracefully or elegantly." --
GM

"Brand--burnt to a crisp, chained to a diving bell, pin-cushioned with
bolts Brand--screams, "Nooooooo! I was so close!" Or he would, if he
could, but he can't, so he just gurgles." -- GM to the group

"Dworkin just woke up?" -- Bleys
"Yes, we took care of that." -- Malcolm, assuming for the other group
"And the monster?" -- Bleys
"Yes, we took care of that, too." -- Malcolm
"What about Super New Neo Tokyo?" -- Bleys
"We took care of that, too." -- Ian Ng

"Le Cygne: The Oracle's Light" by Ginger Stampley and Michael
Croft

The ship Le Cygne, having survived the Shadowstorm that cut it off
from Amber, is taking any path it finds to get back home. Its search has
brought it to a lighthouse at a Shadow nexus, whose keeper, the Oracle, may
know how to help the ship get home. The Oracle can answer many questions,
and many seekers desire the wisdom of the Light. But does one of them want
the Swan to wander far from its nest forever?

Cast of Characters

James Arnoldi:

Century,
former pirate (a four-armed blue woman)

Michael Curry:

Skate, bosun

Shawn Dorsey:

Irene, daughter to Gravely

Jennifer Jackson:

Scrim, ship's cook

Joe Saul:

Gravely, crusty old navigator

BriAnne Searles:

Maxim, passenger

Glen Seymour:

Valence, second mate, acting captain

Liz Trumitch:

Chime, daughter of the late captain,
AKA Little Miss Bloodyhands

"It's not technically mutiny if you're only a passenger." -- ? to the
passenger who was planning to off the acting captain

"I bake (Spray) a cake with a file in it." -- Scrim to ?, discussing the
former first mate, who is in the brig

"I don't know if we should kill (Spray)." -- Chime to ?
"Coming from (Little Miss Bloodyhands), that's meaningful." -- Jennifer
Jackson to the group

"What does the bosun think the first mate was good at?" -- Gravely
"Everything the second mate does, but better." -- Skate

"I'm Acting Captain Gravely, and I endorse this message." -- Joe Saul to
the group

"Shouldn't it be a righteous person?" -- James Arnoldi, discussing who to
throw in the volcano
"Are there any of those here?" -- BriAnne Searles

ShadowWorld is a diceless role-playing game based in our world, except that,
under the facade of media, politics, political correctness and 'reality'
there is a ShadowWorld where strange things happen: psionic powers, ancient
secrets, dark conspiracies that are hidden from or dismissed by the general
public. The players are psionically gifted operators of a secret
organization (the Circle) sent on a mission.

"Let's just say I'm used to handling things smaller and lighter." -- Cat
to group

"The question is, do you predict the problem you're seeing, or do you
cause the problem by seeing it?" -- Howard to Miguel and A.C.
"No, we cause the problem." -- Kim

"Don't know what (it is), completely foreign, way more powerful than us."
-- Miguel
"That's not a good combination." -- Cat

"So, you think we should go to the area where you sensed these powerful
entities (that attacked you) and try using your power in the vicinity of it
to see if that works better? This is your plan?" -- Sunrise to Miguel

"If we start twitching, please help." -- Miguel to the group

"It didn't kill us when it had the chance." -- Duncan
"That's what counts for allies with the Circle." -- Miguel

"Hey, Duncan, could you remove that bit of their memory where they saw me
kill their god?" -- Miguel

"Duncan's definition of acceptable risk differs from most people's." --
GM to the group

Slot
2

"Ashes of Time" by Jennifer Jackson and Deb Atwood

It's a one in a million chance...or one in a thousand. No one in Amber
claims to remember when it last happened. But according to legend (and
Dworkin, if one can believe his ramblings), it's happening again tonight.
The dark reflection of Amber, known as the Forbidden City, will appear. And
your young cousins Alex and Lance (yes, the ones who have been known to
break Shadows, by accident) are planning an expedition. Naturally, they
haven't mentioned this to anyone who might tell them "no"...but only to
those they thought they could persuade to go along.

"Kill Brand Part II" by David Vandenabeele

The King has returned after a year's absence following an assassination
attempt. Random's attackers have been traced to a distant Shadow that bears
an odd resemblance to Shadow Earth's 1980's Tokyo. If you were there for
the initial attack, here is your chance for revenge. If not, earn the
King's gratitude by acting against those who would dare strike at the throne
of Amber.

Dress to kill in a Hong Kong Action Theater mindset. Cinematic action both
promised and rewarded, regardless of approach - Warfare and Psyche
opportunities will be very much a part of the story. Part 4 of the Random
Gambling series [unconnected]. Participants from Part 3 are encouraged to
return, but no knowledge of previous events is necessary.

Cast of Characters

"She definitely had that pole dancing quality, unfortunately I only got
to see her tap dancing." -- Daniel to ?

"My bunction doesn't need any ramming" - Daniel

"Son of a B---- Must Pay" by Madeline Ferwerda

Things are unsettled in Amber. Stories of how King Random would shoot an
unarmed fleeing man in the back are gaining currency. The scent of blood is
in the water.... And it occurs to you that there are any number of things
that could happen, in times like these, to that son of a bitch who done you
wrong.

Amber, post Merlin series. Any requested elders will be alive at the start
of the game.

There's an Amberite you want dead. Or maybe just driven insane, or maybe
just acknowledging that you're not the putz they thought. Are you suffering
under the iron heel of some NPC you can't bump off in your regular campaign?
Have you always wanted to make Merlin bleed? Are you just sick of Fiona's
smirk? I got yer therapy, right here.

Cast of Characters

Guy
Gascoigne-Piggford:

Cassius

Dawn Greenlee:

Kedra

Ray Laura:

Dane

Ian Ng:

Recchi, son of Caine

Tymen VanDyk:

Fallon

"I would think that using the Logrus here would make me rather
unpopular." -- Cassius to ?, while at a castle party

"I'm going to be tripping, picking up, throwing, dangling, fucking with
the ninjas. If that happens to be fatal, I'm okay with that." -- Cassius to
?

"Are you guys still in the closet?" -- GM to ?
"Yes, we have finished our closet caucus and now we are ready to talk to
Random." -- Ian Ng

"We will carry the body." -- Recchi
"Well, one of you can sling him over the shoulder and carry him by
yourself." -- GM
"But then I'll get bloody. Wait, (Dane's) already bloody. You carry him."
-- Recchi

"I'm going to keep waiting on the Trump for Corwin to awaken." -- Kedra
to GM, trying to escape the dungeons, unaware that Corwin is being taken
there
"The most amusing thing about that is that as soon as she gets in contact
with Corwin, she'll be back in the dungeon." -- Tymen VanDyk

"A Double Dozen Seas" by Chris Kindred

"...our ships sail the Shadows, plying between anywhere and anywhere,
dealing in anything.... Those of the blood laid down the trade routes long
ago that other vessels might follow, the seas of a double dozen worlds in
every captain's head." - Corwin, HoO

Sail the Golden Circle across Shadow seas and stranger tides. Come serve
His Majesty's Navy where duty is expected, but honor required.

Cast of Characters

Steve Ainsworth:

Lt. Jeremy
Featherstone

Anne Delekta:

Sorceress Adain

Sol Foster:

Commodore Sean O'Donovan

Patrick Franklin:

First Officer Cecil
Lelume

Bill Gulstad:

Admiral Ambrose del Mar

Ian Ng:

Gunther, the cook

John Schleick:

Captain "Iron" Jack Reed

Glen Seymour:

Seaman John's Son

Scott Whitney:

Jerica, the cabin girl

"The Admiral's daughter was amused by John's Son's monkey." -- Glen
Seymour to the group, reading John's Son's history

"The monkey may be in command before the cook is." -- John Schleick
"Damned lucky monkey!" -- Ian Ng

"Never have so few been led by so many." -- Scott Whitney to the group,
noting how half the players are of command rank

"Just remember, in the event of an emergency, the monkey can be used as a
flotation device." -- Bill Gulstad
"In the event of an emergency, the monkey will use you as a
flotation device." -- Anne Delekta

"I'm going to harpoon the serpent before it can lay waste to any of the
smaller, slower ships like the ones in the *cough* Commodore's fleet." --
Captain Reed to GM
"They run slower, not smaller." -- Sol Foster
"So you're a size queen?" -- GM

"Is there an actual boarding of the giant eel going on or what?" -- GM to
the group

"John's Son tries to throw the harpoon into the open wound." -- John's
Son
"The monkey fixes your aim." -- GM

"Are these serpents the kind that are the 'special' part of our mission?"
-- Captain Reed
"It's currently of interest to our training regimen." -- Admiral del Mar

"Hey! A secret note from the cook!" -- GM to the group

"There are no books, logs, or journals, because dead men tell no tales."
-- GM to the group, regarding looting the undead ship

"John's Son, you will carry the cask of black powder. Given your
history, you are the least likely to have an accident with it." -- Captain
Reed
"'Iron' Jack has chosen the method of his own death!" -- Scott Whitney

"So all the PC's are going to Z'ha'dum." -- GM
"Casa Doom?" -- Ian Ng
"Welcome to Casa Doom. Come to the Manager's Special at Casa Doom." -- John
Schleick
"It's the house of Dr. Doom's Mexican brother." -- GM

"Nine Princes in High School" by Jack Gulick

While Principle Oberon is away, discipline at Amber High is starting to
slip. The teachers are holing up in their lounge, avoiding anything but the
minimum of class time. The students are forming into factions over the race
for Prom King and Queen. The janitor is muttering about something strange
in the basement.

Join in the unpredictable goings-on as Amber meets Teenagers From Outer
Space!

Cast of Characters

Kris Fazzari:

Juliana, Chief
Hall Monitor

George Gitari:

Ang, super-genius

Rachel Holmberg:

Llewella, girls swim team leader
AKA Pearl Princess

Jim Phillips:

Bleys, stoned shop slacker

"We'll be in the shop class trying to construct a bong out of a '57
Chevrolet." -- Bleys to GM

"I was bombarded by wet towels." -- Bleys
"Were they from the guys or the girls?" -- shop buddies
"Dude, I'm not sure." -- Bleys
"Didn't the girls scream?" -- Kris Fazzari
"Yes, but Caine has also been known to do the girlie scream." -- GM

Cast of Characters

This is the city. Amber. A hotbed of intrigue, magic, swashbuckling
adventure, and intrigue. It's a good place to live. And an easy place to
die.

A game of swashbuckling noir.

King Oberon has disappeared. The Princes quarrel over which of them will
hold the Throne in Oberon's absence. As they battle in the palace, their
agents and enemies battle in the streets below, while others look to
Oberon's absence and make their own plans.

"So you and Antoine are doing that thing that you do so well?" -- GM
"Yes. I suspect Antoine is better at it than me." -- Nicole
"You're peeing standing up?" -- Jill Pritts

"I didn't actually wash (my shirt), I just licked the gravy stains off of
it." -- Lupin to the group

"Alexis and Patrick can have dizzying conversations about stuff none of
you give a shit about, and can't understand." -- GM to the group

"Is there a prancing goat at The Prancing Goat?" -- Kris Fazzari
"No, but there are some goats." -- Lucya Szachnowski
"You realize that once the Musketeers get drunk, they'll be trying to teach
the goats to prance." -- Kris Fazzari
"It's not really a prance, it's an uncomfortable walk." -- Ben Fogt
"It's a prance of shame." -- Matt Andrews

"I was just heading towards the sun...you know, in the north." -- Lupin
to the group, explaining how they wound up in Spain instead of France

"Is it safe to for you to come back?" -- Isobel to Nicole
"Weren't people trying to kill you last year?" -- Marcel
"Probably not, then." -- Isobel

"If you pretend to be Masked Avengers, as opposed to actually being
Masked Avengers, does this mean you only pretend to do heroic acts?" -- Kris
Fazzari
"It's safer that way." -- Jill Pritts
"We pose dramatically on rooftops." -- Lucya Szachnowski

"There's no point in going back to check on the bodies, they'll have been
stripped clean by the goats by now." -- Antoine to the group

"If you're a Musketeer, it pays to be bisexual, because you're never sure
what you're going to get." -- Sean McCabe to the group

"We have ten Musketeers and an army of carnivorous goats. I think we can
take Spain! All we need is a cunning plan." -- Patrick to the group

"Whatever the reverse of bodyguard is." -- GM
"That would be assassin, I believe." -- Will

"Perhaps, if we let Lupin navigate, we can find the land route to the new
world." -- Patrick to the group

"Somehow you have convinced Antoine and Nicole to go back to France." --
GM
"Convinced? It was their idea!" -- Kris Fazzari

"Once you get Musketeers into a tavern, it takes a while to get them out
of it, unless it's on fire." -- GM to the group

"I think we should disguise the ladies-in-waiting as border collies. No
one will ever suspect." -- Patrick to the group

"Who here can be stealthy?" -- Will to the group
*Antoine raises his hand*
"You're a 7-foot-tall man in a dress! How can you be stealthy?" -- Will

"I have never accidentally blown up a tavern." -- Will to the
group

"You're going alone? Can I go with you?" -- Lupin to Will

"My plan is to drink until I can see in the dark." -- Lupin
"You mean until dawn?" -- Will

"Yves, Phillipe and Will went off alone, separately." -- Sean McCabe to
the group

"Captain Hook plays a mean jazz piano." -- GM to Will

"It's the new French secret weapon...war goats!" -- Stephanie Itchkawich
to the group

"When someone offers to buy you a drink, the answer is 'Yes!'" -- Lupin
to the group

"(The men) actually have numbers on their shirts." -- GM
"They must be the Count's." -- Ben Fogt

"(Isobel and I) didn't get in any fights." -- Nicole to the group
"You started fights, you just weren't involved in any of them." -- Sean
McCabe

"Should we go round up the rest of the Musketeers?" -- Isobel
"Yes, I think we'd better. They're probably where that fire is." --
Nicole

"Let's get everyone to the pub that's burning and then regroup." --
Isobel to the group

"You two are fleeing where?" -- GM to Isobel to Nicole
"To the burning tavern, for obviously there must be Musketeers there." --
Sol Foster

"We understand there are a number of goats in the city." -- Alexis
"This is the Pyrenees. We have a number of goats here, but they aren't
considered threatening." -- Lt. Gorman of the Count's guards
"These seem to be organized, though. I think they're trained by the
Spanish." -- Antoine/Widow Twanky

"The goats stack bodies?" -- Lt. Gorman of the Count's guards
"They are very well trained." -- Antoine/Widow Twanky

"Are the goats and the bandits working together?" -- Lt. Gorman to Alexis
and Antoine/Widow Twanky

"JD's ability to play a quick-tongued, dim-witted character is
awe-inspiring." -- Sol Foster to the group

"Will the castle be safe with all of your men here?" -- Antoine/Widow
Twanky
"They just have to close the castle gates and they'll be safe." -- Lt.
Gorman
"But these are mountain goats, they can climb the castle walls!" --
Antoine/Widow Twanky

"We may abduct orphans but we don't abuse goats." -- Phillipe to the
group

"What are the odds of you destroying a city twice?" -- the Man in Black
to Marcel
"We're like lightning, we always strike twice." -- Lupin

Slot
6

"Morpheus Drowning" by James Arnoldi

Water. Without it, even we can not live long. It has been months since we
have seen rain. The crops are dying. The sea of Amber is as dry as the
desert that surrounds us. Only the trees and plants of Arden have managed
to live through this drought, yet the dark forest resists all the attempts
we have made to clear the land for crops. The citizens of New Zion were not
delivered from the Matrix only to die of thirst and hunger. We will find a
way to return the rains to the skies of Amber and water to the ocean. We
have to.

Morpheus is returning to the Matrix. He believes he knows an Agent of Chaos
that can help us. I am doubtful that we can trust any of the agents, but I
have learned to trust his instincts. I'd like a few of you to go with him.
Make sure he gets home safe. Meanwhile, I want a team here trying to find
another way....

"What happens in the plane, stays in the plane." -- Jayne to the
group

"This has got to be the weirdest tactic that I've heard for a dogfight,
which means it works perfectly." -- GM to Ewan

"Can you imagine a Zoe-Spider fight? 'I've hidden five bombs in this
room.' 'I've also hidden five bombs in this room.'" -- Cal Rea to the
group

"You know, I just killed myself by dropping a plane on me. I don't get
that opportunity very often." -- Lorianne to the group

"Curare is a wonderful crowd pleaser." -- Jeffery to the group

"Ewan dropped me on the ground so I could run into the dirigible after
Jayne and save Rachel...from Jayne." -- Amir to GM

Slot
8

"Corwin and Random Go to White Castle" by Sean McCabe

White Castle, the fast-food-joint of which all other fast-food-joints are
but Shadows. You could really go for a burger right now. Too bad Oberon
grounded you all for your part in the loss of the Jewel. Of course, you
could sneak out....

A sequel to "Dude! Where's my Jewel of Judgment." You needn't have played
in the first game to play in this one. Wacky fun!

"I cast my spell that transfers the money from everyone else into my
pants." -- Brand to GM
"I see a fatal flaw with that plan if his skirt doesn't have pockets." --
Kris Fazzari
"I see a fatal flaw with that plan since he's casting that spell while
invisible." -- GM

"You're completely frozen in place." -- GM to the group
"Can I flare my nostrils in a spellish fashion?" -- Brand

"Can I conjure enough of anything to fill this room? How about bees?" --
G-Man to GM

"I should totally try this trick with Benedict sometime." -- G-Man to the
group, still conjuring the bees that are now stinging Brand
"Yes, but Benedict always anticipates bees." -- Matt Andrews

"Yes, Dara, the fat, three-legged chick. With tusks." -- GM to the
group
"Who's the first of her line who can pass for human." -- Matt Andrews

"You're naked, being stung by bees and carrying cigarettes. Oh wait,
you've still got some of your thong." -- GM to Brand

"The horses are kind of skittish - there's magic flying around, and
lights shattering, and people falling in front of them, and
people...tackling them. This is not a good place for a horse to be." -- GM
to Julian